Princeton's WordNet

1. abdication, stepping down(noun)

   a formal resignation and renunciation of powers

2. abdication, stepping down(noun)

   the act of abdicating

Wiktionary

1. abdication(Noun)

   The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

Origin: * First attested in 1552.

Webster Dictionary

1. Abdication(noun)

   the act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority

• abdikeringAfrikaans
• تَنَازُل عَن العَرْشArabic
• отказванеBulgarian
• abdicaçãoPortuguese (BR)
• abdikace; vzdání seCzech
• der VerzichtGerman
• abdikation; overladelse; frasigelseDanish
• παραίτησηGreek
• abdicaciónSpanish
• troonist loobumineEstonian
• کناره گیریFarsi
• abdikointiFinnish
• abdicationFrench
• הִתפַּטרוּתHebrew
• पदत्यागHindi
• abdikacijaCroatian
• lemondás, leköszönésHungarian
• penyerahanIndonesian
• afsölunIcelandic
• abdicazioneItalian
• 退位Japanese
• 퇴위, 포기Korean
• atsisakymas (sosto)Lithuanian
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• melepaskanMalay
• afstandDutch
• abdikasjonNorwegian
• ustąpieniePolish
• کناره گیریPersian
• ګوښه كيدنهPashto
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• abdicareRomanian
• сложение полномочийRussian
• abdikácia, odstúpenieSlovak
• odpovedSlovenian
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• การสละราชสมบัติ; การสละอำนาจThai
• terketme, vazgeçme, tahttan çekilmeTurkish
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